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Years ago I bought an Iston 4X5 flatbed view camera...a low budget Deardorff knockoff . It was represented as "Indian." Seems to be made of teak. Never got around to doing much with it...the focusing rack gears and track and the various knobs deserved careful cleaning that I didn't take the time to address. Looking at it today, I clearly got a good deal. Guess I'll make a couple of lensboards for a couple of similarly ignored "modern" low budget lenses (e.g. Xenar).

Yes, it's a very cheap Deardorff copy. Yes it's "rough", and undoubtedly some form of teak. It has virtually unlimited movements (equal Deardorff). It has an adequate back (equal to Deardorff: the half dozen of which I've seen in use enjoyed salvaged Graflok backs). I don't think I'd want an Iston larger than 4X5 because the locking gizmos would be annoyingly fiddly...but they do lock where one sets them.

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